PechaKucha Asheville

PechaKucha Asheville We hold 4 events per year, and usually host 8 speakers per event.

PechaKucha Nights (1,400+ cities!), where interesting people get together to share thoughts and ideas in the beautifully simple PechaKucha format: 20 images, 20 seconds each.

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Our final introduction before tomorrow’s event! Tickets are on sale now and through the start of sho...
05/21/2026

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Our final introduction before tomorrow’s event!

Tickets are on sale now and through the start of show. Doors open at 6pm, so grab some food, a drink, and settle in for the 7:30 show. Stay after and mingle with presenters!

🎟️ www.pechakuchaavl.org/attend

Meet Adam Knapp M.Ed., founder of KnappCreative Coaching. He guides individuals and teams through transformative journeys using the 5 Elements of Transformation framework.

With 30 years of experience in education, facilitation, and mentoring, he promotes growth and peak performance.

Adam’s consulting focuses on mindfulness, accountability, vision, and clarity, empowering clients to take action toward their aspirations and engage in meaningful ways with next-best-self strategies. He believes that presence, meaning, and purpose-driven transformation foster clients’ transitions to their full potential.

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Elizabeth Steere has a PhD in Victorian literature and has lived in WNC for the past decade. She pas...
05/20/2026

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Elizabeth Steere has a PhD in Victorian literature and has lived in WNC for the past decade. She passes a “Welcome to Asheville: Land of the Sky” sign every time she goes to the Woodfin YMCA and finally got curious about it.

She was surprised to find that our namesake novel “The Land of the Sky” had never been digitized, so this summer she worked to transcribe the novel and get it up on Project Gutenberg, where you can now read it for free: https:// www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/
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Learn more about this discovery THIS Friday (5/22) at The Mule! Get tickets at www.pechakuchaavl.org/attend - doors are open 6-11, food provided by Let’s Cook! 🛻 Show runs 7:30-9:30ish 🎤

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Meet Rick Quadrino! He spent more than 30 years building a successful career as a lawyer, litigating...
05/19/2026

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Meet Rick Quadrino! He spent more than 30 years building a successful career as a lawyer, litigating cases across the country. As the owner of two law firms, he led teams that took on insurance companies over denied claims and in coverage disputes. More recently, he taught Evidence at Antonin Scalia Law School in the Washington, D.C. area.

Rick is the proud father of two daughters, ages 28 and 26, who live in Los Angeles and New York City. In retirement, he stays active and engaged - volunteering in service to others, hiking, playing pickleball and golf, and spending time with his dog.

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Anne DeMartini, MEd, JD. This talk is going to get you chit chatting - we are absolutely certain. 🔥 ...
05/18/2026

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Anne DeMartini, MEd, JD. This talk is going to get you chit chatting - we are absolutely certain. 🔥

An Asheville native and UNC
Chapel Hill grad, she went to law school at UGA thinking she would litigate her way to more inclusive sports, but found out that both the legal system and the sports industry are huge disappointments. After many years as a professor of sport law & sport management, she now works in education and leadership development at a professional association in Atlanta.

Tickets in bio 🎟️

This presentation is going to cause some chit chatter, y’all. Can’t wait to see what you think. 👀 Speaker Spotlight ✨ An...
05/18/2026

This presentation is going to cause some chit chatter, y’all. Can’t wait to see what you think. 👀

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Anne DeMartini, MEd, JD is an Asheville native and UNC
Chapel Hill grad. She went to law school at UGA thinking she would litigate her way to more inclusive sports, but found out that both the legal system and the sports industry are huge disappointments. After many years as a professor of sport law & sport management, she now works in education and leadership development at a professional association in Atlanta.

Speaker Spotlights ✨ Friday May 22Get your tickets so you don’t miss Pendo Dawe at the next PechaKucha Night at ! Doors ...
05/17/2026

Speaker Spotlights ✨ Friday May 22
Get your tickets so you don’t miss Pendo Dawe at the next PechaKucha Night at !

Doors open 6-11, food truck: Let’s Cook! Show goes on at 7:30!

Pendo is a rising sophomore at Warren Wilson College studying biology with a focus on women’s health. Born in Malawi and having lived in South Africa and the United States, Pendo says that mix of places continues to shape how she sees the world.

She’s also a trained doula and hopes to become a midwife or OB/GYN, with a focus on making reproductive care more accessible and compassionate. Alongside science, she is drawn to storytelling especially through poetry and song writing. Her work often explores themes like home, identity, and what it means to be on your own.

Outside of academics, she spent several summers volunteering at Zeno Mountain Farm, a community that keeps her grounded in connection, joy, and care.

One week from today you can meet Cristyn Olenick: an occupational therapist, runner, and advocate for living fully acros...
05/15/2026

One week from today you can meet Cristyn Olenick: an occupational therapist, runner, and advocate for living fully across the lifespan.

Tickets can be found on our website (link in bio). We’ll be back at with a yummy food truck; doors open early and stay open after the show! Kick off your long weekend with Cristyn and the rest of the line up!

Through her work with older adults and her experience watching her mother live with dementia, she has become deeply interested in the connection between movement, brain health, curiosity, meaning, and the way everyday choices quietly shape who we become over time.

Much of her life outside of work revolves around movement and connection: running and biking with friends, experiencing life alongside her husband Kurt and their children, and trying, with mixed success, to embrace strength training as part of aging well. She is drawn to the tension between effort and joy, and to the question of how we hold onto vitality, purpose, and engagement as we age.

PechaKucha Night is May 22nd! 🎤 Meet Amy Dickens! She empowers adults to reignite joy within themselves.She doesn’t just...
05/14/2026

PechaKucha Night is May 22nd! 🎤

Meet Amy Dickens! She empowers adults to reignite joy within themselves.
She doesn’t just teach joy-she lives it.
After years of struggling with intense social anxiety, Amy discovered her love for speaking and leading through teaching yoga. What started as a spark quickly grew into a movement.

Today, she is the founder of Joyfully You, author of 101 Ways to Spread Joy, and host of the Joyfully You Podcast. She leads parades of people dancing through the streets each week, reminding people that joy isn’t something we wait for-it’s something we practice. Because your joy doesn’t just change you, it changes the world.

Snag your tickets (link in bio) and stay tuned to meet our full line up!

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Pancake BunnyJK. May 22nd speakers will also delight you, but no fluffy presentations. We promise. T...
04/21/2026

Speaker Spotlight ✨ Pancake Bunny

JK. May 22nd speakers will also delight you, but no fluffy presentations. We promise. Tickets are live!

🗓️ Save the date, Asheville: May 22 🎤
04/04/2026

🗓️ Save the date, Asheville: May 22 🎤

Big thanks to for bringing the best emcee vibes, volunteer support from , sponsorship and partnership with , our suppor...
02/21/2026

Big thanks to for bringing the best emcee vibes, volunteer support from , sponsorship and partnership with , our supportive audience who’s always game to listen to all the wild ideas and stories Asheville has to offer, and of course to our brave, hilarious, thoughtful, curious, and inspiring presenters. 🥂What a night!

Stay tuned for our spring date announcement, check out upcoming event offerings by and and see ya when we see ya, Asheville!

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